Google People API Lets Devs Poke Through Users' Contacts | ProgrammableWeb
As Google explains it, the People API will eclipse the Google+ and Contacts APIs because it uses the newest protocols and technologies. The Contacts API, for example, uses the somewhat dated GData protocol. The People API can reach into users' private contact lists (as long as permitted) to see if those contacts are linked to other, public profiles. Google says properly granted scopes will return results as a people.connections.list object, which can then be used to snag more data about the person in question. In other words, it will allow developers to connect more of the dots that exist between Google users.
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